Battery System Care
Your Draganflyer helicopter kit comes with a digital peak, lithium polymer and NiCad battery charger.
There are two components to this charger, one is the yellow charger itself and the other is a power adap-
tor that plugs into a 110 volt wall outlet. To fully charge the Lithium Polymer battery for the Draganflyer
it will take between 1 and 2 hours, once completed the charger will turn off. The NiCad battery pack in
the radio transmitter will take between 14 and 16 hours for a full charge, the charger will not turn off
once the battery is charged.
The NiCad battery pack in the transmitter does exhibit “memory.” For this reason it is important to use
the battery until it is reaches about 9.6 volts before recharging.
BEFORE CHARGING PLEASE UNDERSTAND ALL BATTERY SAFETY INFORMATION
Charging Procedure:
• Always charge your batteries on a non flammable surface and ensure the there are no flammable ob-
jects in the near area.
• Connect the AC power adaptor to the AC wall plug and the power input on yellow charger. The green
light on the charger will blink to indicate that it is properly connected.
• To charge the Lithium Polymer battery simply connect it to the charging lead coming from the
charger. When connected, the green light will stay on. Once completely charged, the green light will turn
off.
• To charge the transmitter battery, connect the round charging lead to the charging jack on the side of
the transmitter. When properly connected, the yellow light will turn on. Charging takes 14 to 16 hours
for a full charge. Note the start time because the yellow light does not go off when charging is conplete.
• Do not leave the transmitter on charge for extended periods of time (more than 2 days) as the battery
may become over charged and damaged. In extreme cases this may cause a fire.
• To charge a second Lithium Polymer battery, disconnect the AC power adaptor from the charger for 10
seconds to allow the charger to reset. Reconnect the power adaptor to the charger then connect the bat-
tery.
• When the charger is not in use, be sure to disconnect the power adaptor from the charger and the wall
outlet.
Both the Lithium Polymer battery and transmitter battery can be charged at the same time.
You may notice that the charger and battery become warm during charging, this is normal. However, if
the either the battery or charger become to hot to comfortably hold discontinue charging immediately. To
help prevent the battery from overheating during charging or in flight, allow the battery to cool down
before using or charging. This will not only get you better flight performance but also longer battery life.
Never leave charging batteries unattended.
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